SMASH standardised perioperative management of patients operated with acute abdominal surgery in a high-risk setting.

ABSTRACT:

Objective of the study

Emergency laparotomy and other high-risk acute abdominal surgery procedures have a high mortality rate. The perioperative management of these patients is complex and poses several challenges. The objective of the study is to implement and evaluate the outcome of protocol-based standardised care for patients in need of acute abdominal surgery in a Swedish setting. NÄL is a large county hospital in Sweden serving a population of approximately 270,000 inhabitants. The study seeks to determine whether standardised protocol-based perioperative management in emergency abdominal surgical procedures leads to a better outcome measured as short- and long-term mortality and postoperative complications compared with the present standard in Swedish routine care. The study

SUBMITTER: Timan TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7110666 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature